MP calls for highway upgrade review

The Federal Member for Gippsland is calling for a review of a Princes Highway upgrade at Lake Tyers.

Darren Chester says VicRoads recently created a T-intersection at the corner of the highway and Lake Tyers Beach Road, which has resulted in several near-accidents.

He says the section of the highway is already notorious for serious crashes and injuries and is now more dangerous than it was before.

"The real worry with the changes that have been made is that a T-intersection has now been put in place, where larger vehicles, or people towing caravans or boats, are forced to cross onto the wrong side of the road as they emerge from Lake Tyers Beach Road," he said.

"We've also got the situation where slow-moving vehicles are now interacting with highway traffic which could be going at 80 to 100 kilometres per hour."